Most valuable U23 midfielders

The most valuable U23 midfielders, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

Lamine Yamal of Barcelona is the standout for raw talent across U23 midfielders, with a Field Insider Rating of 100, and D. Karlsbakk leads the scoring with 18 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: D. Karlsbakk has improved his Season rating most, up +61.2 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, M. Rogers of Aston Villa is the most valuable name in this group at 202.2.

West Ham · 23/24→25/26

Most improved

D. Karlsbakk+61.2SsN

Sarpsborg 08 FF · 24/25→25/26

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#	Player	Team	Age	val	Season	Rating
1	M. Rogers Attacking midfielder	Aston Villa	23	202.2	527%	1000.5%
2	F. Wirtz Attacking midfielder	Liverpool	23	191.6	3546.2%	964%
3	E. Anderson Central midfielder	Nottingham Forest	23	189.6	629.3%	95±0%
4	Marcelinho Braz Central midfielder	RB Bragantino U20	21	180.7	73	100
5	R. Cherki Attacking midfielder	Manchester City	22	179	4617%	949%
6	D. Gómez Attacking midfielder	Brighton	23	177	2949.7%	8988.3%
7	H. Diarra Attacking midfielder	Sunderland	22	176.5	2638.1%	935.6%
8	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	174.1	56432.1%	9717.9%
9	A. Scott Defensive midfielder	Bournemouth	22	173.5	47361.4%	9118.6%
10	Y. Ayari Central midfielder	Brighton	22	173.3	4223.4%	915.9%
11	J. Bellingham Central midfielder	Real Madrid	23	173.3	6018.9%	941.1%
12	A. Wharton Defensive midfielder	Crystal Palace	22	171.8	51134.9%	908.9%
13	N. Sadiki Defensive midfielder	Sunderland	21	171.2	344.8%	9545.6%
14	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	170.3	3543.4%	9520.4%
15	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169.9	2719.3%	943.7%
16	Mateus Fernandes Attacking midfielder	West Ham	22	169.7	2944.8%	890.6%
17	Finn de Bruin Central midfielder	ADO Den Haag	22	169.1	512231.8%	8988.2%
18	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	169	329.3%	944.7%
19	Y. Yarmolyuk Defensive midfielder	Brentford	22	168.2	42128.4%	899.8%
20	Fermín Attacking midfielder	Barcelona	23	167.8	5075.2%	916.4%
21	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	167.6	34146.3%	93110.2%
22	L. Díaz Central midfielder	Envigado	22	165.9	38	87
23	Bassam Hazazi Central midfielder	Saudi Arabia U20	21	165.6	35	92
24	Pedri Defensive midfielder	Barcelona	23	165	5915.9%	908.4%
25	X. Simons Central midfielder	Tottenham	23	164.8	4120.9%	825.2%
26	Alberto Moleiro Central midfielder	Villarreal	22	164	5334.5%	9410%
27	P. Sarr Attacking midfielder	Tottenham	23	163	2439.4%	822%
28	T. Iroegbunam Defensive midfielder	Everton	23	162	33144.1%	816.3%
29	G. Simeone Winger	Atletico Madrid	23	161	3639.4%	882.5%
30	I. Moriba Defensive midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	161	4854.2%	884.8%
31	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	160.7	2959.1%	899.7%
32	L. Ugochukwu Defensive midfielder	Burnley	22	160.2	41±0%	845.1%
33	C. Baleba Defensive midfielder	Brighton	22	159	2256.7%	848.2%
34	Pablo Barrios Central midfielder	Atletico Madrid	23	159	403.6%	864.3%
35	Lucas Emanoel Central midfielder	Fortaleza U20	20	157.3	38	93
36	Oscar Bobb Attacking midfielder	Fulham	23	156.8	8	788.7%
37	Jon Gorrotxategi Defensive midfielder	Real Sociedad	23	156.8	468.9%	8514.5%
38	C. Cabellos Central midfielder	Sporting Cristal	21	156.6	35	87
39	A. Güler Attacking midfielder	Real Madrid	21	155.7	4397.7%	947.6%
40	H. Mejbri Attacking midfielder	Burnley	23	153.2	218.4%	777.6%
41	Lamine Yamal Winger	Barcelona	19	152.8	9148.9%	100±0%
42	Renato Veiga Centre-back	Villarreal	22	152.8	2871.4%	8715.8%
43	Abbas Al Hassan Central midfielder	NEOM	22	152.6	25814.8%	8076.1%
44	Javi Guerra Centre-forward	Valencia	23	151.6	3221.1%	821.7%
45	Hugo Álvarez Attacking midfielder	Celta Vigo	23	151.6	235%	824%
46	E. González Central midfielder	Paraguay U20	21	151	32	84
47	M. Perrone Defensive midfielder	Como	23	151	4674.1%	889.2%
48	C. Alcaraz Central midfielder	Everton	23	150.2	1242%	756.7%
49	Ásgeir Galdur Guðmundsson Central midfielder	Iceland U19	20	149.4	0	88
50	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	149.3	21172.4%	889.2%